CA GOV 2021 - 2022 megathread

[Alben Barkley]

Is it possible that all of these victories will finally give Democrats some cajones to actually get something done for the voters who keep overwhelmingly rejecting the GOP in election after election?

Well certainly this doesn't feel like the first elections after Obama won, or Trump won for that matter.

I think we may just be seeing it finally become the case that Democrats in blue states catch up to Republicans in red states as far as being lock-step partisan voters no matter what. That might be bad news for future Charlie Baker, Phil Scott, etc. types down the line. Probably bad news for bipartisanship in general in the country. But good news for Democrats who need to finally stop bringing knives to gunfights.

[OBD]

STOP THE COUNT!

Inject these results into my veins!

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Recall had no chance sorry Larry Elder, your polarizing comments got the best of you, vote against CR Act, Minimum wage zero, and slave owners should get Reparations

What a waste of money

[BoiseBoy]

Faulconer and Cox have both withdrawn per CBSN

[Person Man]

Is it possible that all of these victories will finally give Democrats some cajones to actually get something done for the voters who keep overwhelmingly rejecting the GOP in election after election?

Well certainly this doesn't feel like the first elections after Obama won, or Trump won for that matter.

I think we may just be seeing it finally become the case that Democrats in blue states catch up to Republicans in red states as far as being lock-step partisan voters no matter what. That might be bad news for future Charlie Baker, Phil Scott, etc. types down the line. Probably bad news for bipartisanship in general in the country. But good news for Democrats who need to finally stop bringing knives to gunfights.

And not a moment too soon.

[Continential]

It is hilarious how Larry Elder has made this No victory a landslide. Who would have known that some talk radio host from LA would have done that 6 months ago.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Lmao I just was Kern to flip blue so it’s a nice clean bunch of No counties

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Riverside at 54% No

Around 1.5% better than Biden & around 4.5% better than Newsom 2018.

San Bernardino is at 58% No

Around 3.5% better than Biden & around 6.5% better than Newsom 2018.


Very glad to see my region doesn't seem to be completely on board the crazy train, but what an absolute waste of time & money this is.

Hopefully this gives Newsom & Sacramento enough clout to pass more ambitious/progressive legislation.

[Non Swing Voter]

We learned something here.  Running against Trump is the way to go in the blue states.

Now time for McAuliffe to do the same in VA and tie Youngkin to Trump for an easy win.

Big difference: VA will not be mailing ballots

Or maybe a more logical/less stupid argument would be that VA is substantially less blue than CA.

Consider the source.

[politicallefty]

NBC calls it!

[Crumpets]

NBC calls it!

[It’s so Joever]

Obviously in person votes will bring the result back down to Earth, but still clearly a major blow to the corpse of the CA GOP.

[Oryxslayer]

NBC took long enough, called for No.

[Alben Barkley]

NBC calls it!

[Greedo punched first]

Who are the Trump voters who voted against the recall?

[Holmes]

If this were a national election night with hundreds of other races going on, the media would've called this when the polls closed and moved on. They just need to fill in time so people don't tune out, lol.

[riceowl]

CNN calls it!

[Lief 🗽]

So far there is a huge undervote on question 2. There are 7.8 million votes for question 1 counted so far, but only 4 million for question 2.

[Thunder98]

CNN: Newsom defeats the Recall

[Utah Neolib]

We learned something here.  Running against Trump is the way to go in the blue states.

Now time for McAuliffe to do the same in VA and tie Youngkin to Trump for an easy win.

Big difference: VA will not be mailing ballots

Ok, and?

[pppolitics]

CNN called it

[Drew]

CNN calls it for NO.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

The networks are beginning to call it.

[_.]

STANISLAUS COUNTY 100% REPORTING!
ALL PRECINCTS

50.0% NO (49,604 votes)
50.0% YES (49,595 votes)

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/california-recall-election-results/2716598/


This county voted for Biden by 0.8%.

[Alben Barkley]

Who are the Trump voters who voted against the recall?

I don't know if there even are many so much as Trump voters who just stayed home this time. If so, that would fit with the theory that Republicans need Trump on the ballot to really boost turnout among low propensity voters.